Feeding Champlain Valley
Feeding Champlain Valley + City Market
For over 30 years, City Market has partnered with Feeding Champlain Valley (formerly Feeding Chittenden) to empower Vermonters and fight food insecurity. The relationship began when the two organizations were neighbors on North Winooski Avenue in Burlington’s Old North End. What began with food rescue donations has since grown into ongoing partnerships to support Feeding Champlain Valley’s critical work to bring good food to food-insecure Vermonters. We’re proud to partner with Feeding Champlain Valley!
Food Diversion
Every day, the Feeding Champlain Valley truck picks up surplus items from our Grocery, Produce and Prepared Foods departments. We aim to reduce food waste and ensure that Feeding Champlain Valley’s offerings include a variety of options. Each year, City Market donates both in-kind donations and financial support to Feeding Champlain Valley. We also maintain a donation box for shoppers to contribute.
Rally for Change
Anytime you check out at City Market, you can choose to round up your total to the nearest dollar. Each month, we support Feeding Champlain Valley and other organizations working to strengthen our community. On an annual basis, this creative and meaningful program helps over 20,000 food-insecure people in our region with critical nutrition. During 2021, shoppers at City Market donated over $98K to Feeding Champlain Valley through our Rally for Change program!
Employee and Member Worker Volunteering
Our Employees and Members volunteer at Feeding Champlain Valley throughout the year. Members who volunteer with Feeding Champlain Valley can earn Member Worker discounts. Since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, City Market volunteers have been responsible for more than half of Feeding Champlain Valley’s total volunteer hours! This support has helped Feeding Champlain Valley transition to become a food access center.
Seedling Grants
Over the years, Feeding Champlain Valley has been awarded two Seedling Grants to help launch innovative ways to bring good food to members of our community. In 2014, a Co-op Seedling Grant supported the purchase of the Good Food Trailer. This temperature-controlled trailer allows Feeding Champlain Valley to accept fresh and frozen food donations from a wider radius, and to bring good food to people in their own neighborhoods and community spaces. In 2016, another Co-op Seedling Grant helped fund Feeding Champlain Valley’s Farm Stand, which offered fresh, local produce to community members, alongside seasonal recipes, nutrition information and relevant outreach materials.
Support Feeding Champlain Valley
Check out Feeding Chittenden's website to learn more, volunteer, or donate!
